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 668 HENSEL HEPATICA "Fables," 13 in number, which was edited by Dr. Irving in 1832. Among his other writings are the tale of " Orpheus Kyng, and how he geid to Hewyn and Hel to seik his Quene" (Edinburgh, 1508) ; " Testament of Cresseid " (1593), a poem which was suggested by and was a sequel to Chaucer's " Troilus and Cres- seide," in connection with which it generally appears; "Robin and Makyne," printed in Percy's "Reliques;" and several smaller po- ems, printed in different works. HEXSEL. I. Wllhelm, a German painter, born at Trebbin, Prussia, July 6, 1794, died in Ber- lin, Nov. 26, 1861. He studied five years in Italy, and on his return to Berlin in 1828 be- came professor at the academy of fine arts. He died from injuries received while assisting a stranger who was thrown out of an omnibus. One of his best pictures is " Christ before Pi- late." II. Fanny, a German pianist, wife of the preceding, born in Hamburg, Nov. 14, 1805, died in Berlin, May 14, 1847. She was the sister of Mendelssohn, and wrote in imitation of his style small compositions for the piano, and a few songs. She possessed a fine musical organization. Mendelssohn was devoted to her, and never rallied from the effect of her death. Her sisters LUISE and WILHELMINE wrote poetry which was collectively published by Kletke (Berlin, 1857). HENSELT, Adolph, a German pianist, born at Schwabach, Bavaria, May 12, 1814. He first studied the violin, but abandone t d it for the piano. At the age of 17 he attracted the atten- tion of the king of Bavaria, through whose aid he was enabled to go to Weimar and place him- self under the instruction of Hummel. From Weimar he went to Vienna in 1832, to study counterpoint under Sechter. He practised at the piano 10 hours a day, and soon injured his health by excess of work. For change of air he went to Berlin in 1836, and from thence to Dresden and St. Petersburg, where he was made pianist to the empress. Here he contin- ued to reside, making in 20 years only one journey, which extended to London and the principal capitals of Europe. He holds the first rank among pianists, though his timidity has hindered him from playing much in pub- lic. He has not composed much, nor are his works of a high merit. The most important is a concerto in F minor for piano and orchestra, a composition of much technical difficulty. IIKNSIIAU, John Prentiss Kewley, an American bishop, born at Middletown, Conn., June 13, 1792, died at Frederick, Md., July 20, 1852. He entered Middlebury college, Vermont, when he was 12 years old, and graduated in 1808. Though educated a Congregationalist, he was led to become an Episcopalian, was baptized when on a visit to his native place, and became a lay reader in Middlebury, and later in Marblehead, Mass. He was ordained deacon in 1813, and priest in 1816. He served for several years in St. Ann's church, Brook- lyn, N. Y., and in 1817 was called to Balti- more, where he was rector of St. Peter's church for 26 years. Being elected bishop of Rhode Island, he was consecrated Aug. 11, 1843, and became also rector of Grace church, Providence. In the summer of 1852 he was requested to perform episcopal duties in Maryland, during the absence of Bishop Whittingham on account of ill health. While actively engaged in this work he was strick- en with apoplexy. His publications include " Theology for the People" (1840) ; " Memoir of Bishop R. C. Moore " (1842) ; " Inquiry con- cerning the Second Advent " (1842) ; and "Lectures on the Terms Priest, Altar, Sacri- fice, as used in the Prayer Book " (1843). lIEiVSLER, Eliza. See FERDINAND (AUGUSTUS FRANCIS ANTHONY). HEATZ, Caroline Lee, an American authoress, born at Lancaster, Mass., in 1800, died at Mariana, Fla., Feb. 11, 1856. She was the daughter of Gen. John Whiting, and married in 1825 Mr. N. M. Hentz, who was afterward appointed professor at Chapel Hill college, N. C. At Covington, Ky., whither they re- moved from Chapel Hill, she wrote " De Lara, or the Moorish Bride," a play which obtained a prize of $500. She lived successively in Cincinnati, Florence, Ala., Tuscaloosa, Tuske- gee, and Columbus, Ga. Her writings include "Aunt Patty's Scrap Book" (1846); "The Mob Cap" (1848); "Linda, or the Young Pilot of the Belle Creole" (1850); " Rena, or the Snowbird" (1851); "Marcus Marland, or the Long Moss Spring" (1852); "Eoline, or Magnolia Vale " (1852); " Wild Jack" (1853); " Helen* and Arthur, or Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel" (1853); "The Planter's Northern Bride" (1854) ; and " Ernest Linwood " (1856). HENZEY, Leon Alexandra, a French archaeolo- gist, born in Rouen in 1831. He studied at the normal school in Paris and at the French school in Athens, and became professor of his- tory and archseology at the school of fine arts. He published, as the result of his personal researches, Le Mont Olympe et VAcarnanie (1860) ; and Napoleon III. having sent him to Macedonia and adjoining regions, he published with M. Daumet, Mission archeologique de Ma- cedoine: fouilles et recJierches executees dans cette contree et dans les parties adjacentes de la Thrace, de la Thessalie, de Vlllyrie et de Vtipire en 1861 (1864 et seq. In 1872 he published Un palais grec en Macedoine, nar- rating his discovery at Palatitza. HEPATIC1, a genus of plants of the order ranunculacece, so closely allied to anemone that some botanists place it as a section of that genus. The common name is liver-leaf, and it is sometimes incorrectly called liverwort, a name that should be restricted to a family of cryptogamous plants. The botanical name and its popular one both have reference to a fan- cied resemblance in shape between the leaves of the plant and the liver. The old herbalists, who believed in the doctrine of signatures, as- sumed that each medicinal plant indicated in